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Anchor Bay Finds ‘A Horrible Way To Die’
Full disclosure: B-D editor Brad Miska is a associate-producer on this film. After a successful screening at TIFF, Adam Wingard’s newest film A Horrible Way To Die has been snatched up by genre specialists Anchor Bay, who plan a theatrical release at a later date (and then, if history has taught us anything, will release the DVD in no less than 45 different versions over the next few years). Starring indie faves AJ Bowen (House of the Devil, Hatchet II) and Amy Seimatz (Bitter Feast), the film concerns a serial killer (Bowen) tracking down his ex-girlfriend (Seimatz) after escaping from prison (due in part to the carelessness of a prison guard played by screenwriter Simon Barrett). Between this, Insidious, and I Saw The Devil, genre films have been doing quite well following their TIFF screenings. We win! Some more details follow courtesy of THR.
The film bowed at the Toronto International Film Festival on Wednesday night as part of the Vangard program, and the deal was closed Thursday afternoon.
It was negotiated by Celluloid’s Nate Bolotin and Travis Stevens with Anchor Bay’s Bill Clark, Kevin Kasha, James Shapiro and Richard Turner.
Celluloid Nightmares, which is focused on the acquisition and worldwide sales of genre films, is a new alliance between Hengameh Panahi’s Paris-based Celluloid Dreams and the Los Angeles-based XYZ Films, founded by partners Bolotin, Nick Spicer and Aram Tertzakian.
Sony returns to their own Marvel universe with the upcoming Kraven the Hunter, which has been bumped all over the release schedule. This week, it’s been bumped once more.
There was a time when Sony was going to unleash Kraven in theaters in October 2023, but the film was then bumped to August 2024. It’ll now release on December 13, 2024.
Kraven the Hunter will be the very first Marvel movie from Sony to be released into theaters with an “R” rating, with lots of bloody violence being promised.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the title character, Marvel’s ultimate predator.
“Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film.”
Ariana DeBose will play Calypso in the upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie.
Christopher Abbott (Possessor) is playing The Foreigner, with Levi Miller (Better Watch Out) also on board. Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark) will play another villain, but character details are under wraps. Russell Crowe and Fred Hechinger also star.
J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year) is directing Kraven the Hunter.
The screenplay was written by Art Marcum & Matt Holloway and Richard Wenk.
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